Onion-weeder



A. AMEELE.

ONION WEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED oc. s. |919.,

Patented Feb. 24;, 1920.

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A.'AMEELE.

ONION WEEDER.

APlLlcATxoN FILED ocT. 9. 1919.

Patented Feb.l24,192o.

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omoN-WEEDER.

Applcatonvled October 9,

To all whom t may concern: 4

Be it known that I, ABRAM Animaux, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Walworth, in the county of Yayne and State of New York, have invented al new and useful. 4Gn ion-l/ Veeder,.of which the following is a specication.v

This invention has referencerto garden weeding machines, and more particularly to machines of this character, controlled, and

, operated by manual power.

.T he primary object of the invention is to provide adevice of this character especially constructed for weedingpurposes, and more particularly to a device for weeding onions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a frame, rotary picking fingers supported by the frame, the picking` fingers bein@- Aarranged in pairs, the picking fingers of each pair operating lin opposite directions, yto efiiciently remove the weeds betweenthe onion plants. j

`lVith the foregoing andfother objects in' view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesiin the coinbination andarrangeinent `of `parts Aand 1in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of the inventionherein disclosed, may be made withinf'the lscope of what is claimed, without l.departing fromlthespirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings z- Figure 1 illustrates anside elevational view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational View of the saine. Y

`Fig. 3 is a fragmental elevational view of an onion weeder constructed in accordance with the present invention, the supporting Wheels and handle being removed. v

Referring to the drawings in detail, the body of the machine includes the spaced forwardly extending arms 6, supported in parallel relation with each other, and having hearings 7 formed adj acentthe forward ends thereof, in which bearings, is supported the shaft 8, on which is keyed or otherwise secured, a power wheel 9.

To the rear portion of the body 5, are secured the lower extremities of the arms 10, the outer ends thereof being curved to provide the usual handles 11, to be grasped by an operator, for guiding, and forcing the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, '24, 1920.

`1919. Serial N0. 329,496-

inachine overthe ground surfacaunder cul- Y tivation.

Av rear supporting wheel 12, Aisalsopconvnected tothe body 5, through the mediumfof the arms 13, boltedto the body 5 as.at,1"4,to prevent movement thereof with relation VAto 'the body, the arms 13, .as shown being provided with the apertures 15, arranged adjacent j one' en d thereof, and disposed j infspaced relation witheach other. .These arms 13,

have connection `with the arms 16,1as at 17,

and as shown this connection is in the form of avbolt adapted to be positioned in vone ofk the openings 15, in order thatjthe arms [16 may be adjusted with relation to ,the arms moved or 4adjusted vertically, with relation to the groundsurface, over which the device lis moving.

In order to efliciently carry outthe ad- Supported adjacent the rear of thebodyl, Y is a transversely extending bar 20which t bar, supports at each end thereof, aV shaft 21 and ashaft l22, l-whichvshafts extend rearwardly `and support the picking elements'l 23, which as -fshowi/i,i are supported in i pairs, at opposite sides of the bod-y 5ai1ideachpicking element includes a hub 24., and a plurality of radiating picking fingers 25, arrangedin spaced relation with cach other.

Supported adjacent the upper edge of the i transversely extending bar 20, isl a bearingy block 26, which supports one end of the shaft 27,iwliich shaft 27 is provided with a beveled pinion 28, formed adjacent the forward end thereof, and said beveled pinion 28, is constructed to mesh with the i 13, yto permit-the rearof the body 5, tobe 'j justing feature, the arms 1G, arepivotally [connected to the arms 10, by means ofthe beveled pinion 29, formed integral with one of the sides of the wheel 9, `whereby movement of the wheel 9 produces a relatively rotary movement of the shaft 27, with thev result that the gear wheel 30, supported on the opposite end of the shaft 27, is also caused to rotate.

On the opposite side of the wheel 9, is a pinion 31, which pinion, cooperates with the beveled pinion 32, secured to the shaft 33, which shaft extends through the transverse bearing block 26, which supports the same and has secured to one end thereof the gear or sprocket wheels 34 and 44.

Y Each of the shafts of the picking element 23, and 23 is provided with a sprocket wheel 35, and as shown, one of the hubs of `the picking elements, has connection with Vthe shaft 27, through the medium of the chain 36, operating over the sprocket secured to the hub, which chain also operates over the sprocket wheel 30, from whereit passes from the sprocket wheel 37, on the shaft of the picking element arranged in the same relation to the transverse bar, as' the first mentioned picking element. 1

. It will therefore be seen that the picking elements, adjacent the transverse 'bar 2U,

operate-in the same direction. The picking elements 38 and 39, supported adjacent the outer ends of the shafts 2l and 22, and held ,l thereonl by means of the nuts 40, are also connected to the sprocket wheels 41 and 42,

the sprocket wheel 42, having connection with the sprocket wheel 3 4, through the medium of the chain 43, whereby the picking element 39, is operated in a direction opposite tothe direction of the operation of the picking element supported adjacent thereto, on the shaft 22.

Disposed adjacent the sprocket wheel 34, is ar sprocket wheel 44, which sprocket wheel 44,- operates the sprocket wheel 41, through the medium of the chain 45. It will thus be seen that the picking element 38, associated therewith, is operated in a direction opposite to the direction of the operation of l,the picking elements 23, withthe result that the earth engaged by the' picking fingers 25, is thrown in opposite directions.

The idlers 46, are supported on the arms v47, and engage the chains, operating over the sprocket wheelv forming a part of the picking elements, thereby holding the chains tight at all times. Y

of this character, wherein only one picking element is employed.V

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is v f In a weeding machine, a body including Vspaced armsav power wheel operating between the spaced arms andhaving beveled pinions supported on opposite sides thereof to move with the power wheel, a transversely extending bar forming a part of the body, said bar having openings extending therethrough, brackets supported by the spaced arms, a shaft disposed through each of the openings in the bar and supported by the brackets, pinions cooperating with the beveled pinions of the power wheel, each of said j shafts having a sprocket wheel supported on one end thereof, stub shafts supported by the bar adjacent theends thereof, rotary "picking elements supported on eachoffthe stub shafts, and means for connectingr the tioned shafts whereby movement of the shafts causes the picking elements of each stub shaft to revolve in opposite directions. In testimony that I'claim the foregoing asl my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ABRAM AMEELE. Witnesses:l

FRED Kirrm'r, A. J. CLENINGER.

" rotary picking elements to the first inen- 

